Another one of the great things about living in Apopka is the support for our schools. Much like any great community, the local high school is the center of attention on a Friday night. Three years ago, Wekiva High School opened, giving Apopka a second high school and splitting the community's allegiances.

This year, the Apopka Area Chamber of Commerce, the local schools and the city are going to make it an eventful week when Apopka and Wekiva play football Sept. 11. Called the "Tater Bowl" after Apopka's literal translation, supporters from each school will be able to show their colors and support their school in a series of citywide events.

Details are still being planned, but on Sept. 8 at Kit Land Nelson Park the city, chamber and the schools will be holding a community-wide pep rally featuring bands, contests and more themed around potatoes. Eventually, there might be a 5k, a community clean-up day and more.

So what would make Tater Bowl week great for you. There's still time to get your ideas heard and have them included, but it is less than a month away.

While Apopka's Zack Greinke got all the headlines for his tremendous start to the baseball year, it's another Apopka graduate who's getting the press these days.

When the Phillies were talking to the Blue Jays about trying to get the best pitcher in baseball, the position player who was most often mentioned in the trade rumors was Michael Taylor, an outfielder playing in the Phillies Double A system.

Many in this area will remember when Taylor was a star in the making at Apopka high school. He graduated in 2004 and chose to get a college education than a big payoff playing baseball. He went to Stanford and was drafted by the Phillies three years later.

Now, reports have labeled him as one of the Phillies' prize prospects – with some have him ranked as the No. 2 prospect in the system. At the end of the trade rumors, the Phillies chose to keep him in thier system. They anticipate him breaking into the Major Leagues in 2010-2011 time frame and will surely make Apopka proud, just like his teammate Greinke.

Um, yeah, it is actually pretty boring when you google the world ‘Apopka’; however, after about 300 pages deep into the search I found something bizarre, yet interesting. It is only interesting because I cannot figure out what it is? Check it out:

Yes, the name gives away as to what type of business this is (don’t worry, nothing explicit on the site. Although, I wouldn’t want my boss to see it). Yet, I have no idea what in the world they are selling as everything is very vague. This business, however, is located in Apopka.

This is the most interesting quote from the website:

“Due to Secret Parties “For Ladies Only” policy, all communications must be by telephone.”

Apparently, I’m new to racing, and need someone to explain some things to me,

I just watched the Daytona 500 for the first time ever, and although NASCAR certainly has that new, fresh, blue-collar thing going for it, what it doesn’t have is sense. The racing format and rules when a car wrecks remind me constantly of the last minute of a basketball game when one team is down by 6 points. You know, the constant timeouts, fouls, clock that never seems to run, and constant commercial breaks.. Well, this is what happens in NASCAR when someone wrecks: essentially a restart. While some would argue this makes the racing more exciting, I would argue as someone with a completely new set of eyes, that it is a fake way to feign racing excitement. Don’t ask me for an alternative. I don’t know one. I am ignorant when it comes to racing, but every single rule seems to be driven by equaling the playing field. When a racer/car gains a few seconds of advantage, and suddenly this advantage is completely taken away when an unrelated accident happens behind them, does that seem fair?

I understand this post is somewhat outside of the ‘Community’ theme we have going here; however, plenty of people in Apopka were watching the game last night.

Here’s my 2 cents.

I am tired of how the media has been treating Rex Grossman. It is very bizarre and somewhat unprofessional. I wanted to the Colts to win last night so this post has nothing to do with who won or who lost. Let these articles speak for the point I am trying to make here:

Now, I am sure that if you ask Rex Grossman he will say he played a horrible game. He did. That said, the title of this post begs answers from the media regarding their social outlook on the NFL. Let’s take a look at some of the facts. Here are some articles that show the other side of the media:

For what it is worth, Rex Grossman is white and Donovan McNabb is black. Both had a less-than-good season.

The honorable Tony Dungy summed up the media’s over-exhausted exuberhance regarding race and the NFL by saying this:

“I’m proud to be the first African-American coach to win this,” Dungy said during the trophy ceremony. “But again, more than anything, Lovie Smith and I are not only African-American but also Christian coaches, showing you can do it the Lord’s way. We’re more proud of that.”

Dungy is an awesome man who realizes that alot of things come before race. He gets it.

So, if Rex Grossman was black it is pretty to safe to say that the media would be behind him because of how they inject their social views on sports. It is ridiculous. People should be judged by the nature of their performance not the color of their skin. Anything else is … well … just racist.

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